Daohugou (CNU 2014 collection): Callovian - Oxfordian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Protanyderus astictum n. sp. Dong et al. 2015
Dong et al. 2015 1 specimen
CNU-DIP-NN2014522 (1 measurement)
Protanyderus vulcanium (Zhang 2004)
Dong et al. 2015 1 specimen
CNU-DIP-NN2014536
Praemacrochile ansorgei Lukashevich and Krzemiński 2009
Dong et al. 2015 19 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2014515, 520, 521, 523, 524, 525, 527, 528, 531, 533, 535, 541, 543, 544, 545, 547, 548, 552, 553
Praemacrochile chinensis Krzemiński and Ren 2001
Dong et al. 2015 4 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2014530, 540, 549, 551
Praemacrochile dryasis n. sp. Dong et al. 2015
Dong et al. 2015 2 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2014539, 538 (1 measurement)
Praemacrochile ovalum n. sp. Dong et al. 2015
Dong et al. 2015 1 specimen
CNU-DIP-NN2014550 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Pediciidae
Praearchitipula mirabilis n. sp. Gao et al. 2015
Gao et al. 2015 1 specimen
CNU-DIP-NN2014003 (2 measurements)
Praearchitipula apprima n. sp. Gao et al. 2015
Gao et al. 2015 2 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2014001, 002 (3 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae
Proephialtitia acantha n. gen., n. sp. Li et al. 2015
1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN2014004 (2 measurements)
Proephialtitia tenuata n. sp. Li et al. 2015
1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN2014005 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Mesoserphidae
Karataoserphus adaequatus n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014023
Karataoserphus gracilentus n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014024
Karataoserphus sinicus (Ping 1928)
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014027
Apiciserphus augustus n. gen., n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014022
Basiserphus longus n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014021
Novserphus ningchengensis n. gen., n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014012
Sinoserphus flexilis n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014007
Sinoserphus petilus n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014009
Sinoserphus wui Shih et al. 2011
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014006
Sinoserphus grossus n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 2 specimens
CNU-HYM-NN-2014008, 031
Ozososerphus cuboidus n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014015
Ozososerphus ovatus n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014014
Ozososerphus lepidus n. gen., n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014013
Choriserphus gigantus n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014019
Choriserphus bellus n. gen., n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014016
Mesoserphus venustus n. sp. Li et al. 2016
Li et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2014010
Insecta - Necrotrichoptera - Necrotauliidae
Acisarcuatus locellatus n. sp. Zhang et al. 2017
Zhang et al. 2017 4 specimens
CNU-TRI-NN2014011, 002, 005, 010 (5 measurements)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Philopotamidae
Liadotaulius limus n. sp. Zhang et al. 2017
Zhang et al. 2017 1 specimen
CNU-TRI-NN2014012 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Cimbrophlebiidae
Telobittacus decorus n. sp. Zhang et al. 2015
Zhang et al. 2015 1 specimen
CNU-MEC-NN2014069 (1 measurement)
Bellicimbrophlebia heteroneura n. sp. Zhang et al. 2015
Zhang et al. 2015 2 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2014070, 071 (1 measurement)
Cimbrophlebia gracilenta n. sp. Zhang et al. 2015
Zhang et al. 2015 3 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2014077, 078, 079 (1 measurement)
Cimbrophlebia amoena n. sp. Zhang et al. 2015
Zhang et al. 2015 5 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2014072, 073, 074, 075, 076 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Composibittacus reticulatus n. sp. Liu et al. 2016
Liu et al. 2016 2 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2014082, 083 (2 measurements)
Composibittacus bipunctatus n. gen., n. sp. Liu et al. 2016
Liu et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-MEC-NN2014081 (1 measurement)
Orthobittacus maculosus n. sp. Liu et al. 2016
Liu et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-MEC-NN2014084 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
Orthophlebia elenae Willmann and Novokshonov 1998
Zhang et al. 2021 8 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2014004, 005, 016, 020, 032, 035, 043, 060 (2 measurements)
Orthophlebia extensa Martynov 1937
Zhang et al. 2021 3 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2014022, 059, 068
Zhang et al. 2021 26 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2014001, 002, 007, 008, 009, 011, 014, 015, 017, 018, 019, 025, 026, 027, 028, 029, 030, 033, 034, 038, 046, 054, 056, 058, 064, 065
Mesopanorpa densa Zhang 1996
Zhang et al. 2021 5 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2014003, 010, 021, 023, 024
Mesopanorpa luanpingensis Hong 1983
Zhang et al. 2021 2 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2014012, 051
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Nei Mongol
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 119.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.9° North, 122.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Jurassic
10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Callovian - Oxfordian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Daohugou
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: The age of the Daohugou fauna has been controversial. Liu et al. (2012) obtained U-Pb shrimp ages of 160.5 and 161.0 Myr on ash beds associated with fossils of the Daohugou fauna, suggesting a Callovian-Oxfordian age.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:tuffaceous lithified "shale"
Environment:lacustrine - large
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,mechanical
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Metadata
Database number:123761
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:A. Noshirvan, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-01-28 04:56:34 Last modified:2023-05-27 10:47:57
Access level:the public Released:2012-01-28 04:56:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
54737. L. F. Li, C. K. Shih, A. P. Rasnitsyn and D. Ren. 2015. New fossil ephialtitids elucidating the origin and transformation of the propodeal-metasomal articulation in Apocrita (Hymenoptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15(45):1-17 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

56647 F. Dong, C. K. Shih, K. Skibińska, W. Krzemiński, and D. Ren. 2015. New species of Tanyderidae (Diptera) from the Jiulongshan Formation of China. Alcheringa 39:494-507 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
56148 J. Q. Gao, C. K. Shih, K. Kopeć, W. Krzemiński, and D. Ren. 2015. New species and revisions of Pediciidae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China and Russia. Zootaxa 3963:240-249 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
62393 L. F. Li, A. P. Rasnitsyn, C. K. Shih and D. Ren. 2016. The Mesozoic family Mesoserphidae and its phylogeny (Hymenoptera: Apocrita: Proctotrupoidea). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15:617-639 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
57858 S. L. Liu, C. K. Shih, A. Bashkuev and D. Ren. 2016. New Jurassic hangingflies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 4067:65-78 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
61589 W. T. Zhang, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2017. Two new fossil caddisflies (Amphiesmenoptera: Trichoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China. Alcheringa 41:22-29 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
56808 X. Zhang, C. K. Shih, Y. Y. Zhao and D. Ren. 2015. New species of Cimbrophlebiidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 89:1482-1496 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
76057 Y. J. Zhang, P. J. M. Shih, J. Y. Wang, M. E. McNamara, C. K. Shih, D. Ren, and T. P. Gao. 2021. Jurassic scorpionflies (Mecoptera) with swollen first metatarsal segments suggesting sexual dimorphism. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21(47) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]